St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-29
Cass County.


in Dakota. came partly for my health and
to learn by experience the profit of wheat
raising. l am surprised and pleased with
the result. The poor farmer with small
means and the capitalist with ready money
have the grandest opportunity in the
world to make money; 1t is a. great
will remain in Northwestern Pennsylvania,
where my home is and struggle to pay for a
few acres, which will take the best part of
his life, and not near as good land as this,
while, if he came here, he could buy and pay
for what would be called a very large farm
there in three years. cannot help but speak
in the highest terms of the people, climate
and country in general, and, most of all, the
great advantages the farmer in Dakota has
over the Eastern farmer, especially in Erie
county. Pennsylvania. where came FROM
1t surprises me that they will continue to live
there laboring under so many disadvantages
This has been the poorest harvest Dakota,
or this section, has ever had, and yet 1 have
made clear profit of 81 per acre on my
wheat. My oats have paid me clear profit
of 81 per acre. have done no work myself;
hired it all done. 1t has cost me $3.50 to
of wheat to the acre and forty five bushels of
oats. Have sold the wheat at SO cents per
bushel; oats at 30 cents. Previous years my
average has been twenty bushels of wheat to
the acre.
My farm paid for itself the first three
years. This is the country for the poor
farm er. One thousand dollars here is as
good as So, 900 in Pennsylvania. The best of
acre, one and one-half miles from elevator
and railroad station. A good, industrious
farmer can come here and buy the land ON
ume-say three years. If he wishes he can
buy on ten years time. All the lands are
sold on very easy terms. But he should
be ablcto pay for his stock and machinery.
Two crops will pay for his land. He can buy
one fourth section, 160 acres, for $1,000.
He will need two horses one plow, one
wagon, one harvester one harrow, one cow
which will cost $780, He can go to work
with this $500 capital and pay for his land
with two crops without doubt. have seen
and known this to be done by many around
me. The l60 acres of land he will have paid
FOR in two years will produce a larger and
surer crop than he would get from land
which cost $50 to 500 per acre at my East
ern home. A poor farmer in Northwestern
Pennsylvania has no show. The land is too
gress the poorest farmers have made in this
locality. am also surprised that our East
ern capitalists do not become interested here.
He is. certain of from II to "a per
best and safest security in the world-real es-
tate. Farmers do and can afford to pay II
per cent interest for money and succeed
finely. This alone is a great advertisement
per cent. interest in Northwestern Pennsyl-
vania. The only way to account for it is the
land is SO cheap, crops so large, and certain
hsdy nsy fa ssn naT afford o j. Thie t9 s1do # hey
acre acre and uncertain crops they would G have e1a a
struggle. 1 say again. this is the great and
desirable country tor the man with capital.
l have had my farm six years and have had
five crops that averaged twenty bushels per
acre. The average price received was 65
cents per bushel. 1 have now leased the
farm. $40 acres, for three years. I am to
furnish seed and pay for ploughing in the
fall, and take half the crop in elevator. It
ing, S1.50 per acre. If it produces
twenty bushels, as it has for five years; my
half of the crop will pay me $3.50 per acre,
or about $500 year rent; Mind you, the
bought it. This is the reason l consider this
the greatest country on earth for the man
with means or capital: One could not ask
for finer climate: l have been here since
April. 1 have been here just seven
months, have never enjoyed such good
health and seen as fine weather before in
my life; very little wet weather. The atmos-
phere is SO dry and clear that one hardly no
tees the cold spells. 1 know the climate is
pleasanter, even having more sunshine than
Northwestern Pennsylvania. My wife and
children came in June. 1t is certainly as
tonishing how they have improved in health
They have such appetites they can hardly
satisfy themselves. One of my reasons for
coming here this season was to
try and recover from broken health. | have
recovered, which is worth more than money
to me. have raised every kind of vegeta-
bic raised in Northwestern Pennsylvania
They are larger than at home--beets, pota-
toes, celery, corn, cabbage, parsnips, carrots
turnips. Strawberries, currantS, gooseber-
ries, raspberries, blackberries, are cultivated
successfully. Fruit will not do well here.
With the exception of fruit this
country will produce far ahead of
Northwestern Pennsylvania, and the climate
from April 1 to November l is delightful
much pleasanter and healthier than East
From November 1 to April 1 it Is colder, but
pleasanter and healthier than northwestern
Pennsylvania. The sun shines bright and
clear, the air is dry the coolest winter day.
which is certainly more agreeable and
healthier than the raw, damp winds which
they experience along the lake shore.
We have not experienced one hot day this
summer 1t has been mild and pleasant
Young ladies are at a premium. The coun.
try Is full of bachelors looking for wives.
Female help commands $3.50 to S5 per
week. l paid 50 per day for male help all
through harvest.
cannot help but agree with Horace Gree
ley in his advice to young men, go West by all
means. Twill also add, young ladies'. go
West. and don't stop until you get to Cass
county, Dakota. T., T. Moore